# InstantRails Error on Vista

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-error-on-vista/140496>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 15, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-error-on-vista/140496 "2008-06-15T00:14:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Titus\_Barik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@Titus\_Barik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Titus_Barik)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-error-on-vista/140496/1 "2008-06-15T00:14:08Z")

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All,

When I try to run InstantRails 2.0 under Vista, which I’ve extracted to  
C:\InstantRails, I get the following error:

Either Apache or MySQL cannot run because another program is using it’s  
port.

MySQL starts successfully. Apache does not start successfully, but there  
is no indication of a problem in any of the log files. If I manually  
start Apache, through C:\InstantRails\apache\apache.exe, the web server  
loads fine on Port 80.

Any ideas? UAC is turned off.

Thanks,

Titus

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**Author:** ![Titus\_Barik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@Titus\_Barik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Titus_Barik)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instantrails-error-on-vista/140496/2 "2008-06-15T00:26:15Z")

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Titus Barik wrote:

> Either Apache or MySQL cannot run because another program is using it’s  
> port.

Problem solved. Something in InstantRails is broken. If I uncheck  
‘Verify that the ports are available before starting the servers’ on  
Windows Vista, everything starts up fine.